This GK General Knowledge quiz covers SSC question answer like: Which movie has won the Best Animation award at the 88th Academy Awards – 2017? Who called Bal Gangadhar Tilak “The Father of Indian Unrest”? What is the India’s GDP forecast for FY 17, as per Global rating agency Fitch? Which committee has been formed by the Maharashta Government for Padma Awards 2018? Quit India Movement began on____The Mandal Commission was constituted during the tenure of which among the following prime ministers? The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism was – The Bhindawas Bird Sanctuary (BBS) is located in which state? Adya Dhara niradhara, niralamba Saraswati, thus lamented a poet at the demise of which among the following Kings? What is the theme of 2017 World Fair Trade Day (WFTD)? GK quiz set 867 – gk quiz questions to help you get a better job by cracking the exam. Printable general knowledge quiz with answers.
Which movie has won the Best Animation award at the 88th Academy Awards – 2017?
  1. Kubo and the Two Strings
  2. The Red Turtle
  3. Moana
  4. Zootopia

Correct answer is option D i.e. Zootopia
Explanation:
Zootopia, directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore, has won the Best Animated Feature Film at the 89th Oscar Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The film details the unlikely partnership between a rabbit police officer and a red fox con artist as they uncover a conspiracy which involves the disappearance of predator inhabitants of a mammalian metropolis.
Who called Bal Gangadhar Tilak “The Father of Indian Unrest”?
  1. Lord Curzon
  2. Vincent Smith
  3. Valentine Chirol
  4. Henry Cotton

Correct answer is option C
What is the India’s GDP forecast for FY 17, as per Global rating agency Fitch?
  1. 7.2%
  2. 7.1%
  3. 7.3%
  4. 7.4%

Correct answer is option B i.e. 7.1%
Explanation:
The Global rating agency Fitch has forecasted India’s GDP growth for FY 17 to 7.1% and for both FY 2017-18 and FY 2018-19 to 7.7%. Fitch stated that the December quarter GDP number suggests that economic activity was hardly hit by the cash crunch after the government’s move to remove 86% of currency in circulation overnight. It expects the policy interest rate to stay at its current level of 6.25%. Fitch projection of growth for this fiscal is in line with the estimates of global think-tank Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Which committee has been formed by the Maharashta Government for Padma Awards 2018?
  1. Chandrakant Patil committee
  2. Ram Shinde committee
  3. Sudhir Mungantiwar committee
  4. Vinod Tawde committee

Correct answer is option B i.e. Ram Shinde committee
Explanation:
The Maharashtra government has constituted an 11-member committee to scrutinize and recommend names from Maharashtra for the Padma Awards 2018 to the Government of India (GoI). The committee will be headed by Ram Shinde, the Minister for Water Conservation. The Padma awards seek to recognise work of distinction and exceptional achievements in different fields and disciplines such as art, literature and education, sports, medicine, social work, science and engineering, public affairs, civil service, trade and industry.
Quit India Movement began on____
  1. 8th August, 1942
  2. 10th August, 1942
  3. 15th August, 1942
  4. 16th August, 1942

Correct answer is option A

The Mandal Commission was constituted during the tenure of which among the following prime ministers?

  1. Indira Gandhi
  2. Morarji Desai
  3. Rajiv Gandhi
  4. V P Singh

Correct answer is option B i.e. Morarji Desai
Explanation:

On 20 December 1978 India’s prime minister, Morarji Desai of the Janata Party, announced the formation of a second Backward Classes Commission whose chairman was B. P. Mandal, a former member of Parliament

On 31 December 1980 the Mandal Commission submitted its report to President N. S. Reddy, recommending ways to advance India’s “socially and educationally backward classes.”

On 7 August 1990 Prime Minister V. P. Singh announced in the Parliament that his government would implement the Mandal Commission’s recommendations. This was followed by the violent objections in northern part of India.

The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism was –
  1. Vishnu Gupta
  2. Upa Gupta
  3. Brahma Gupta
  4. Brihadrath

Correct answer is option B
The Bhindawas Bird Sanctuary (BBS) is located in which state?
  1. Haryana
  2. Rajasthan
  3. Sikkim
  4. Kerala

Correct answer is option A i.e. Haryana
Explanation:
The Bhindawas Bird Sanctuary (BBS) is located in Jhajjar district, Haryana. It is home to many birds such as Blue Peafowl, Gray Francolin, Black Francolin, Shikra, Black Kite, Greater Coucal, White-throated Kingfisher, Coppersmith Barbet and Indian Roller. It is in news because the sanctuary will soon be developed as a beautiful tourist resort and the additional facilities to be provided to the tourists coming to this place would include arrangements for camping for night stay, beautification of the lake, and opening of dispensary for birds and the wild life.

Adya Dhara niradhara, niralamba Saraswati, thus lamented a poet at the demise of which among the following Kings?

  1. Chahmana Visaladeva
  2. Chandela Kirtivarma
  3. Mihira Bhoja
  4. Bhoja Paramara

Correct answer is option D i.e. Bhoja Paramara
Explanation:

Raja Bhoja Of Dhar was a philosopher king and polymath of medieval India. He was from the Paramara dynasty of Arya, who ruled the kingdom of Malwa in Centra India from about 1010 to 1060. On his demise, a poet lamented “Adya Dhara niradhara, niralamba Saraswati Panditah khanditah sarve Bhojraje divam gate”. This means that Saras
wati is now helpless, ll learned people have scattered, because the support of Dhara (Kingdom) Raja Bhoj has gone”.

What is the theme of 2017 World Fair Trade Day (WFTD)?
  1. Hand in hand for change
  2. Fair trade to promote social justice
  3. Human chains for fair trade and the planet
  4. Support community support peace

Correct answer is option C i.e. Human chains for fair trade and the planet
Explanation:
The World Fair Trade Day (WFTD) is a global celebration of fair trade to promote and educate about fair trade in towns and communities. Its’ an initiative of World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO) that falls on the second Saturday of May of each year. This year, the day is organized on May 13, 2017 with theme “Human chains for fair trade and the planet”, that highlights a tangible solution to poverty eradication, a good tool for sustainable development and most of all Fair Trade promotes social justice.